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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Aug 19, 2015, 16:35:59 IST
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FTII row
In a midnight crackdown, police arrested five students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from its campus on charges of rioting.
16:35 (IST) Aug 19
Judicial magistrate grants one night judicial custody to the arrested students.
16:35 (IST) Aug 19
Judicial magistrate rejects Pune police demand of police custody for 5 FTII students arrested yesterday night.
15:52 (IST) Aug 19
NSUI protest over FTII issue in Delhi pic.twitter.com/C4Xm0qflvJ — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
15:38 (IST) Aug 19
NSUI protest over FTII issue in Delhi pic.twitter.com/UptpKcJ2MD — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
15:20 (IST) Aug 19
Is problem ka samaadhaan hona chahiye. Giraftari iss problem ka samadhan nahi hai. BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on FTII — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
15:09 (IST) Aug 19
I had no choice but to take this decision as tolerating this kind of lawless behavior would have emboldened them to do anything further and there should be a deterrent
Prashant Pathrabe
15:02 (IST) Aug 19
It was all pre planned to show the Director and the Institution in poor light: Prashant Pathrabe pic.twitter.com/IFMVql7i32 — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
15:01 (IST) Aug 19
I really wonder by what yardstick you can call such people 'students'. They wanted to enact a drama, it was all pre planned
Pathrabe
14:59 (IST) Aug 19
When the Police came in, there was a scuffle that ensued and in it, they broke telepohone, furniture, the office has been sealed: Pathrabe — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
14:57 (IST) Aug 19
Initially for couple of hours I refused to call police,but even after 4-5 hrs,they didnt give in,I had no choice but to call police:Pathrabe — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
14:52 (IST) Aug 19
After the discussion on the agenda of assessment, when I told them my decision, they said we will not allow you to go
P Pathrabe
14:50 (IST) Aug 19
6 people had been asked to come and 40-50 people came in forcefully and I had no choice but to start a discussion with them
P Pathrabe
14:44 (IST) Aug 19
FTII Director Prashant Pathrabe addressing media in Pune pic.twitter.com/zdtc3g73ES — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
14:35 (IST) Aug 19
Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Rahul Gandhi isliye virodh kar rhe hain kyunki wo jaante hain ki November ke baad wo ane wale nhi hain: RS Prasad — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
14:34 (IST) Aug 19
Release FTII students, get cops off campus: CPI(M) to PM
13:02 (IST) Aug 19
Silence.Suspend.Arrest:Modi Mantra for AcheDin-Rahul Gandhi tweets on #FTII issue — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
13:02 (IST) Aug 19
Protesting #FTII students arrested in #midnightcrackdown.Our students are not criminals Modiji-Rahul Gandhi tweets — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
12:46 (IST) Aug 19
This midnight police action on #FTII students is shameful. Should be strongly condemned,artists must unite in protest
Raj Babbar, Congress
12:09 (IST) Aug 19
Local artists, social activists and eminent litterateurs came out in support of agitating students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), at a press conference on Tuesday.
12:02 (IST) Aug 19
This government is promoting sycophancy over merit. The youth now stands against Narendra Modi and in support of FTII students
Raghav Chadha, AAP
10:10 (IST) Aug 19
This is another instance of fascism, subjugation of thought process, subjugating & killing artistic independence
Randeep Surjewala, Congress
10:09 (IST) Aug 19
In a midnight knock typical of Modi Govt, many FTII students have been arrested: Randeep Surjewala, Cong pic.twitter.com/k3LEN5rUZD — ANI (@ANI_news) August 19, 2015
09:40 (IST) Aug 19
Absolutely reprehensible, Hitlerian; it is proverbial Modi midnight knock and harbinger of days to come
Manish Tewari
09:18 (IST) Aug 19
If Central government doesn't agree, we'll convert this place into full fledged institute and students can continue studying here only, says Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
(ANI)
08:58 (IST) Aug 19
In an unprecedented crackdown, police entered the campus of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) here late on Tuesday night with a list of names of 17 students and took four of them into custody around 1.15am on Wednesday.
08:58 (IST) Aug 19
High drama prevailed at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) on Monday night with the protesting students gheraoing director Prashant Pathrabe for nearly six hours over his determination to go ahead with the assessment of films of the 2008 batch.
08:57 (IST) Aug 19
The Sangh Parivar's students' wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Pune, which has led several students' agitation and participated in college bandhs, on Saturday stood outside the Film and Television Institute of India's (FTII) gates demanding the students withdraw their strike.
08:57 (IST) Aug 19
A team of senior I&B officials will visit FTII on Wednesday after a two-month-old strike reached a flashpoint with the police being called on campus to disperse students who had "gheroed" director Prashant Pathrabe.
08:56 (IST) Aug 19
After going on a flash strike, students of the prestigious FTII on Saturday decided to continue their protests against the appointment of BJP member and TV actor Gajendra Chauhan as the new chairman of its governing council.
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